The group classes, which are capped at 10 participants due to the pandemic, will begin in October, Bao said.Īfter working out, climbers can visit the elevated “recovery mezzanine” that overlooks the bouldering field to use various equipment to decompress.
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Membership includes free first-time guest passes, 50 percent off climbing classes and free access to all other yoga and fitness courses. Credit: Jake Wittich/Block Club Chicago Claire Bao, general manager of Brooklyn Boulders Lincoln Park.Ĭhicago memberships grant unlimited access to both gyms and are on sale for $85 per month for the first three months before rising to the normal monthly price of $115.
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The facility has a large group fitness studio a weight room for strength, cardio and conditioning and a yoga studio. General manager Claire Bao said Brooklyn Boulders West Loop, which has taller, 55-foot rock-climbing walls with about 100 training routes, is “the place to go if you’re interested in rope climbing.”īut Lincoln Park’s gym has a stronger focus on fitness training, Bao said. The gym has a “mirror wall” with a symmetrical climbing route so people can correct strength imbalances in their body, as well as a 30-foot slab wall for rock climbing with ropes and harnesses. Credit: Jake Wittich/Block Club Chicago Sal Decelles, route-setting manager at Brooklyn Boulders, tests out the climbing paths he created at the new facility. The floor is covered by a thick foam pad to catch climbers’ falls. The facility’s defining feature is its massive bouldering field at the center of the open gym, where members climb colorful artificial rock formations at various angles without a rope or harness.
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complements Brooklyn Boulders’ smaller West Loop gym by offering more training equipment, group fitness studios and more climbing walls. LINCOLN PARK - Indoor rock-climbing gym Brooklyn Boulders’ second Chicago facility opens Monday in Lincoln Park.